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School Daze wrote:

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If there is a "God" he or she certainly wouldn't allow the Broward County School Board be able to waste and mismanage tax payer money or have so many employees that don't care because they are unproductive and ignorant with bad attitudes.

You don't fool me!

Stay away from Boy Scouts or coaching youth!

Veteran teacher wrote:

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You don't fool me!
Stay away from Boy Scouts or coaching youth!

Only a fool isn't fooled. Don't worry there is no interest in Boy Scouts or Coaching youth. Looks like you have a guilty complex to make an insinuation of this type. Are you sure that there aren't a few skeletons in your closet? Or have you even come out of the closet yet?

Broward Parent wrote:

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Then you have a very short memory. In 1975, there were school psychologists, guidance counselors and genius, the instructional staff are the teachers. Free and reduced lucn was avaiable then, the school cafeteria cook lunch for the students,and we most certainly did have coaches for the sports that mattered back then, football, basketball, track and field, baseball and swimming.
The only difference was the schools didn't thousands upon thousands attending and we didn't have to deal with such as diverse population as we do now.

In 1975, we hot lunch and paid for it with our own money. If we didn't have money, than we brown bagged it - PBJ or whatever was available.

In 1975, we didn't label every child that had with disruptive behavior (ADD, ADHD, English Speakers of other Languages,RS - rage syndrome, and so on). Using these labels as an excuse for poor behavior, letting them get away with things that the average child would not. And we certainly did not force teachers to modify/lower their standards to meet the needs of these children (or else the possibility of a lawsuit).

In 1975, students were removed from the classroom if they were too disruptive to the learning environment and placed in detention.

In 1975, we didn't socially promote children or find ways of justification to pass a child even though they failed all year and refuse to do anything.

In 1975, teachers spent more time teaching and weren't forced to complete hundreds of documentation and hours of unnecessary paperwork.

In 1975, the majority of school funding went directly to the classroom and not to administrative positions where they never have contact with students.

In 1975, a student would be scared to death if their teacher called home. Now, many students could care less because they know Mommy & Daddy will support them over the teacher.

Times have certainly changed.

who said that Florida was 48th in the nation for schools?

Grand Obsolete Party wrote:

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That's what Herbert Hoover said...that worked out really well.

Didn't Obama just impose huge tariffs on China's tire imports ala Protectionist policies that help set off at trade war & the Great Depression?

Veteran teacher wrote:

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Everyone "education official" is dancing around the fact that it starts at home. It's easier to blame schools, teachers, media, etc.
The best gift parents can give to his child is their TIME ... and the kids don't receive it. A parent has to be available, and when you have both parents busy all the time, what does logic say a kid will respond to it.
Whatever the reason may be, the parents are not available for their children ... and teachers see the outcome of this at school.

glad to see you feel that way. My son "was" in public school here in south florida.

The FIRST thing I noticed when we moved down here from Mass. was that my daughter was enrolled into 2nd grade at an A school, and basically "REPEATED" everything from 1st grade.

The LAST thing I noticed before enrolling my son in Private high school, is that his teachers at the new school, "Did NOT say my son had a learning disability"...His grades 1/2 way thru 9th grade in public school = 1.1

His grades the second 1/2 of 9th grade = 2.8. His grades this 1st quarter of 10th grade 3.6

My son actuallyloves going to school NOW. The teachers are better BY FAR, and we as parents are doing LESS to help him. The students are more involved with "LEARNING TO LEARN" AND LIKE IT, where back at the A rated high school, fights were once a week, distuptions in the classrooms were daily, and the teachers taught ONLY to the FCAT.

I don't think I would BLAME THE PARENTS......

FLORIDA IS NEXT TO LAST IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS!!!